@kinetix
👉Compulsory #psychologic testing for public officials👈
*Like Moths to the Flame--The Rise of the #Pathocracy*

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...has suggested that companies should screen leadership candidates for #psychopathy.👈 In my view, we should do something similar in #politics..."

And, as pointed out in the beginning, the #EasternZhou did do exactly this for centuries, based on principles developed by one of the greatest philosophers of mankind, #Confucius.

IMO,...

#Politics #History

👉Compulsory #psychologic testing for public officials👈

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You are onto something here, Kinetix. This methodology had been used pretty successfully in ancient #China for hundreds of years:

The fact that the Eastern #Zhou dynasty.in the 6th/5th century BC was enabled by #Confucius to distinguish "good" from "bad" people and even..

@Crispius

"The fact that the Eastern #Zhou dynasty of the 6th/5th century BC was enabled by #Confucius to distinguish "good"

Good morning. Forgoing the usual flowers and pretty photography today.

Be loud. Be heard. Be smart. Be safe. #Today #NoKingsDay #politics #photography

Framing is everything.

"You can keep your healthcare" is often listed as a "major lie" of "Obamacare" (they call it the ACA when they use it themselves)

The reason many people lost their "healthcare" is those plans were either completely destroyed by the ACA's offering beating it out, or just plain not actually qualifying as 'healthcare' under the new rules

People were mad the ACA exposed their plans as a scam

"Never Pay" plan from Monty Python

#politics #healthcare #uspol #uspolitics

U.S. agents suspected Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders. Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.

propublica.org/article/bukele-…

#News #ElSalvador #Trump #Bukele #USAID #Politics #Government #Crime

How El Salvador’s Government Impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13

President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.

^ProPublica

Need something to smile about? Need some inspiration for #NoKingsDay? This article is pretty fun to read 😀

"Demonstrators Are Trying to Make Sure ICE Agents Can’t Sleep"

#Politics

motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

Demonstrators are trying to make sure ICE agents can’t sleep

"Time to pull out the trumpet."

^{Mother Jones}

This is a whole new level of dumbfuckery.

the fact they post such nonsense publicly is just unbelievable.

Update: Link to actual post https://
x.com/RepFine/status/193354073
7519362300

#USpol #Idiocracy #Bootlicking #Dumbfuckistan #Israel #Iran #Politics #WTAF

#Iran @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

Carbajal Lights Into Hegseth, Tells Him To His Face That He's An 'Embarrassment'

youtube.com/watch?v=Dl4eCWYSGQ…

#politics

No Kings. Be there tomorrow.

San Jose
St James Park (by McKinley statue) 12pm-2pm
You can just show up or RSVP: mobilize.us/nokings/event/7905…

#politics #democracy #california #USPol #CAPol #nokings

NO KINGS 50501 San Jose Protest

**50501 San Jose is partnering with Indivisible San Jose to protest the Trump administration and Project 2025.** June 14th is Flag Day and Donald Trump's birthday.

^Mobilize

#trump #politics #parade #military #trumpbirthday #alt #newyorker

David Plunkert's cover for next week's issue of The New Yorker.

New today from Ana Flores: "I learned early as a Texan that our state doesn’t always fight for its people. Especially if you’re Latina. Especially if you’re undocumented. Especially if you’re young, brown, or poor." texasobserver.org/cuts-women-h…

#Texas #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights #healthcare

Why I Still Believe Texas Can Be Better

"Texas taught me contradiction. It taught me how to love a place that doesn’t always love me back."

^{Ana Flores (The Texas Observer)}

#politics #alt #trump #coup #jan6 #military #fascism #militarisation #missouri #texas #nationalguard

Heather Cox Richardson 5/12/25
Militarization is the Plan

"Trump's Kim Jong-un–style celebration of this year’s #FlagDay ...

The Trumpian June 14, 2025 #parade and celebration will be the successor to that angry #insurrection of #Jan6, 2021...

If you want to see true #patriotism this #June14, turn away from Trump’s propagandistic spectacle and look instead to those responding across the country with a loud, proud chant of #NoKings! "
thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-trum…

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Politics #Trump #GOP #Fascism #USPol #US #USA

No Kings: Stand Against Trump’s Un-American Birthday Bash

He claims it’s about the Army, but it’s really about him.

^{Jeffrey C. Isaac (The Bulwark)}

"And #June14 is Trump’s own #birthday, and thus a perfect occasion for him to perform his power—a power laced with the rhetoric of violence— ...linking his very person with the symbolism of the Army...

In response to Trump's birthday plans, a coalition of opposition groups... will be holding nationwide rallies on June 14—the “ No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance.”"

#NoKings link: nokings.org/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #USA #Politics #Trump #GOP #Fascism #USPol #US

"The #UnitedStates government itself came into being in stages—with the ratification of the #Constitution in 1788... then the inauguration of the first president, Washington, on April 30, 1789. Even then, with a commander-in-chief finally in place, there was no US #Army...

Finally, as their last act of business before adjourning for the year, on September 29, 1789 the #House and #Senate passed a bill creating the US Army"
thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-trum…

#US #History #USA #NoKings #Trump #Politics

Elon lost the #conflict...

Source: reuters.com/world/us/musk-will…

#Musk #news #trump #WhiteHouse #government #president #politics #usa #dispute

#Israel launches 'major #strike' on #Iran's #military, #nuclear sites. Blasts heard in Iranian capital #Tehran as Israel carries out large-scale #attack on country.

What we need is another war. 😩

#news #war #conflict #Problem #politics #MiddleEast

Gas Prices to Soar!

Oil prices grew by 13% up to $78 per barrel after Israel's strikes on Iran.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

U.S. shrinks presence in Middle East amid fears of Israeli strike on #Iran

U.S. embassies and #military bases across the region are on high alert.

Source: washingtonpost.com/national-se…

#Israel #usa #war #conflict #Problem #news #politics #MiddleEast

Daily Beast:
LAPD Chief Calls BS on Trump’s Claim That Cops Asked Him for Troops

DIDN’T HAPPEN

Jim McDonnell says police were “nowhere near” the stage where they needed federal assistance
thedailybeast.com/lapd-chief-j…

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #LosAngeles

LAPD Chief Calls BS on Trump’s Claim That Cops Asked Him for Troops

Jim McDonnell says police were “nowhere near” the stage where they needed federal assistance to control immigration protests.

^{Ewan Palmer (The Daily Beast)}

Elon Musk gutted the federal government, dismantled key institutions, and cut off food and medicine to some of the poorest people on the planet.

By leaving DOGE, he’s trying to restore his reputation and rescue his struggling businesses. He should never be allowed to recover.

disconnect.blog/p/elon-musks-r…

#tech #elonmusk #doge #politics #government #tesla #spacex

Elon Musk’s reputation must be beyond rehabilitation

It's time to end the myth of his genius once and for all

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Here are the 8 new members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), who have replaced the 17 members fired on Monday by HHS Sec. RFK Jr.

As expected, many of them are anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, who have made a living trashing vaccines and scientists, and peddling quack treatments.

Instead of the glowing official bio, let's read how epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, and others describe these people.

bsky.app/profile/elizabethjaco…
apnews.com/article/cdc-acip-va…
#Politics
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Understanding the #war in #Congo

watch:

#Rebellion #government #history #future #Africa #DRC #politics #West #colonization #conflict #riot #minerals #resources #military #weapons #violence #humanrights #civilwar

@LukefromDC
#USpol #Politics #CivilWar2

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...indispensable.

c) Two opposing governments, one of which lays claim to at least part of the other's territory.

As a starting point.
//

NBC: Trump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season

Trump also said he planned to distribute disaster relief funds directly from the president’s office.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump…

#politics #disasters #FEMA #ClimateEmergency #hurricanes

Trump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he planned to start “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the hurricane season and that states would receive less federal aid to respond to natural disasters

^{Reuters (NBC News)}

"Dear White People:

It takes a lot of white privilige balls to stand on this stolen and occupied continent and complain about IMMIGRATION."

#IndigenousPeoples have lived in the Americas for more than 23,000 YEARS! white colonizers have been here for several hundred years

#politics #FascistAmeriKKKa

#Gaza activists' aid boat with #GretaThunberg on board docks in #Israel

Source: bbc.com/news/live/clyg5x15n3zt

A yacht carrying a small quantity of humanitarian aid and activists trying to reach Gaza has docked in Israel after being intercepted by Israeli forces

—-

#greta #protest #humanrights #politics #news #palestine #war

Gaza activists' aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board docks in Israel

Israel's foreign ministry has branded it a "selfie yacht", while Thunberg says she has been "kidnapped" after Israeli forces boarded the vessel.

^{BBC News}

#UK #sanctions far-right Israeli ministers for 'inciting #violence' against Palestinians

Source: bbc.com/news/articles/c8xgk1ek…

It is part of a joint move with #Australia, #Norway, #Canada and #NewZealand announced on Tuesday.

#israel #Palestine #humanrights #politics #sanction #news

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers for 'inciting violence' against Palestinians

Five countries place travel bans on Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

^{James Landale (BBC News)}

#DNS4EU Public Service

Source: joindns4.eu/for-public

DNS4EU Public Service is dedicated to the citizens of the European Union.

Unfiltered resolution
IP address:
86.54.11.100
86.54.11.200
IPv6:
2a13:1001::86:54:11:100
2a13:1001::86:54:11:200
#DNS over #HTTPS:
unfiltered.joindns4.eu/dns-query
DNS over #TLS:
unfiltered.joindns4.eu

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#eu #internet #europe #news #politics

DNS4EU For Public

Discover comprehensive information on the DNS4EU public resolver services. Compare available options, learn about features, and find answers to frequently asked questions to optimize your DNS privacy and performance

^{www.joindns4.eu}

CNN:
Newsom's blistering speech on Trump:

“He's declared a war on culture, on history, on science, on knowledge itself. Databases, quite literally, are vanishing. He's delegitimizing news organization and he's assaulting the First Amendment… He's dictating what universities themselves can teach, he's targeting law firms and the judicial branches that are the foundations of an orderly and civil society."
youtube.com/watch?v=linJzM49ld…

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump

Christy Walton, Walmart heiress, 76-years old and worth ~$19.3 billion, paid for this full page ad in the New York Times on Sunday.

She ran the same ad in other newspapers over the past week.

She paid for similar ads without the "NO KINGS" line in a few other newspapers including the NYT in March.

Walton was a Kamala Harris supporter and she is one of a small number of billionaires to speak out against trump.

She has no role in running Walmart.

forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/…
#Politics
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"There are no words to describe the betrayal that is happening every day by our own governments".

It's no wonder press and politicians hate her - she makes them look like the small, weak and venal corporate slaves that they are.

#GazaHolocaust #AllEyesOnMadleen #FreePalestine #Politics #AgentsOfGenocide

😬

I think "Safety" comes before "Efficiency". As much as drug makers hate the FDA's requirements for approval, don't think "let's see what the spicy autocomplete thinks!" is going to be great for humans.

#politics #health #AI #FDA